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Okja
Directed byBong Joon-ho
Starring
CinematographyDarius Khondji
Distributed byNetflix
Countries
  • South Korea
  • United States
LanguagesEnglish
Korean
Budget$50 million

Okja is an upcoming South Korean-American action-adventure movie directed by Bong Joon-ho and co-written by Bong and Jon Ronson. The film stars Ahn Seo-hyun, Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Devon Bostick, Byun Hee-bong, and Shirley Henderson.

Premise

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend — a massive animal named Okja.

Cast

Production

Bong Joon-ho's next movie will be the multilingual monster movie Okja, which is expected to feature a Korean female lead and a cast of English-speaking supporting actors, whose scenes will be set in New York. [1] On November 10, 2015 it was picked up by Netflix and Plan B Entertainment with a budget of $50 million with a production start in late 2016 for release in 2017.[2] Darius Khondji joined the film as cinematographer in February 2016.[3] In March 2016 it was announced that Lily Collins had joined the cast in one of the lead roles.[4]

Principal photography began on April 22, 2016 in Seoul, South Korea.[5][6] It moved to Vancouver, Canada for more filming on July 31, 2016.[7]

References

  1. ^ Trumbore, Dave (November 5, 2015). "'Okja': Bong Joon-ho's Monster Movie Adds Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, and Bill Nighy". Collider. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  2. ^ Trumbore, Dave (November 10, 2015). "Netflix Backs Bong Joon-ho's 'Okja' with $50 Million". Collider. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Bong Joon-ho, Netflix and Darius Khondji join forces for Okja". Asian Movie Pulse. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  4. ^ "Lily Collins joins Jake Gyllenhaal & Tilda Swinton in Bong Joon-ho's Okja". www.joblo.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  5. ^ Evry, Max (April 22, 2016). "Okja Begins Filming with Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  6. ^ "Bong Joon Ho's Okja Starts Filming with Tilda Swinton". Collider. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  7. ^ http://collider.com/the-predator-filming-dates/
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